I do fully realize that I am but a very, very, very, very insignificant (& inarticulate) voice in the wilderness who is tuned out even by my kids, other close family members, and friends. Nevertheless, …
we would be much, much better off as humans and other species in this world–even in these times of COVID-19–if we had an eco-socialistic democracy with a well-planned & monitored low-input/-throughput steady-state economy which was relatively independent of polluting and disruptive fossil energy.
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But it won’t be!
As far as the United States of America is concerned it won’t be with a Trump administration or any other Republican administration. It wouldn’t have been with a Hillary or John Kasich or Jeb Bush administration and won’t be with a Biden Democratic administration (though it would have been and will be significantly better than this current one!). It won’t be with what I have seen of Green New Deals (because therein we continue to worship at the altar of relatively high-energy input/throughput systems, growth, military- & arms-/armament-might, and foolish attempts at placating capitalists through economic/ecological decoupling).
Finally, if we truly worked toward positively ethical applied community ecology across curricula & campuses of all human organizational entities, we could begin to critically think & decision-make … and discuss, and goal set, develop strategies, plans, assessment and replanning systems toward regeneration & conservation of resilient, sustainable ecological community. Nevertheless, most don’t get it … even within the good organizations in which I volunteer … and I don’t see this happening.
I’ll keep “ranting” from the wilderness–and volunteering with these good organizations for as long as they let me. But generally, I truly don’t perceive much happening to give me great hope … even though, contrarily, I do constantly have some little hopes stirred up within–and react accordingly. This COVID-19 situation is an opportunity to learn toward “an eco-socialistic democracy which has a well-planned, monitored steady-state economy relatively independent of polluting and disruptive fossil energy”. However, after listening to Trump’s recent address at one of his narcissistic “rallys”, listening to my tennis buddies, receiving mostly deaf ears from family and friends, … I’m certain we aren’t ceasing the opportunities of the moments.
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https://theecologist.org/2008/apr/01/steady-state-economy http://theconversation.com/the-decoupling-delusion-rethinking-growth-and-sustainability-71996 http://www.paulpeaceparables.com/2019/10/30/green-new-deal-a-letter-to-the-honorable-representative-alexandria-ocasio-cortez/ https://www.resilience.org/stories/2005-01-01/prosperous-way-down/ https://thenextsystem.org/toward-democratic-eco-socialism-as-the-next-world-system
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